PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1559 PRINTER'S NO. 1658
No. 1334 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY WOJDAK, JUNE 2, 1975
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 10, 1975
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An
2 act to provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative
3 and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt
4 and for the public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1975
5 to June 30, 1976, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1975," itemizing appropriations required from the
8 Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for the proper operations
9 of the several departments of the Commonwealth authorized to
10 spend Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund moneys.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. This supplement shall be known and may be cited
14 as the "Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund Supplement to the
15 General Appropriation Act of 1975."
16 Section 2. The following sums or as much thereof as may be
17 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Federal
18 Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for the fiscal period July 1, 1975 to
19 September JUNE 30, 1976 to finance programs in the several <--
20 hereinafter named agencies:
21 I. Executive Department
22 To the Governor
1 For the Office of the Budget to provide
2 for the cost of publishing reports to the
3 Secretary of the Treasury as required by
4 the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act
5 of 1972 ......................................... $ 10,000
6 To the Department of Education
7 For payment to school districts and
8 intermediate units on account of exceptional
9 children ........................................ 56,000,000
10 For approved Private Schools ................. 2,500,000
11 Payments to school districts and
12 intermediate units on account of nonpublic
13 and hazardous pupil transportation............... 26,000,000
14 To the Department of Environmental Resources
15 For payments to municipalities and municipality
16 authorities which have expended money to acquire
17 and construct sewage treatment plants in
18 accordance with the clean streams program and for
19 the repair, improvement or additions of certain
20 sewage treatment plants ......................... 12,283,000
21 To the Department of Labor and Industry
22 Payment to employes and charges for medical
23 services incurred in connection with the defense
24 of claims against the Commonwealth under the
25 Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, and The
26 Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act ......... 30,000,000
27 II. Judicial Department
28 Miscellaneous
29 For the payment to the counties in
30 reimbursement of the direct costs incurred by
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1 such counties in the administration and
2 operation of all courts established pursuant
3 to Article V, section 1 of The Pennsylvania
4 Constitution. Costs incurred by the counties
5 in the administration and operation of all
6 courts means costs as reported to the
7 Department of Community Affairs in the
8 county's annual financial report forms under
9 the heading (A) "Judicial," but confined to the
10 subheading: (160) Courts, excluding
11 capital outlay. If a city coterminous with a county
12 does not report on the Department of Community
13 Affairs' form, its figures from the same
14 subheading, set forth in the department forms,
15 shall be used: Provided, That such payments
16 shall be made to the County Treasurer and in
17 cities of the first class coterminous with
18 counties of the first class to the City
19 Treasurer: And, provided further, That in the
20 event the amount herein appropriated is not
21 sufficient to reimburse all such costs,
22 payments shall be made to the counties in the
23 proportion which the costs of each county
24 bears to the total costs of all counties
25 during the most recently completed fiscal
26 year: And provided further, That in making
27 allocations and payments hereunder, the
28 Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall
29 exclude all costs which are not properly
30 reportable under the heading hereinabove
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1 specified ....................................... 10,000,000
2 Section 3. All Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund moneys
3 expended by the several State agencies named herein, or by any
4 political subdivision, organization or other agency receiving
5 such moneys from the State agencies named herein shall be spent
6 only in accordance with rules and regulations regarding the
7 expenditure of funds made available under PL 92-512 entitled
8 State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
9 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1975.
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